Poi Definition

poi
noun
A Hawaiian food made of taro root mixed with water, cooked, pounded into a paste, and then fermented slightly.
Webster's New World
A traditional Maori performance art in which one swings in each hand a rope with a ball at the end, usually in specific, complex patterns.
American Heritage

A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

Wiktionary

A style of performance art originating in New Zealand Maori culture.

Wiktionary

Origin of Poi

  • Maori ball

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Hawaiian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Poi Sentence Examples

  • One of the table delicacies of former days was a particular breed of dog which was fed exclusively on poi before it was killed, cooked and served.

  • The POI convention provides a simple means of assigning ` relatively persistent ' global identifiers within the Internet's ` http ' namespace.

  • Helen showed off her lovely new home made poi which were very cool.

  • This set of glowstick poi are of high quality & are made by leading manufacturers Henrys.

  • Navigator 5 also allows the user to create there own poi be it your favorite restaurant or even a contacts office.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOI

Words Ending With

IOIPOI

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Words Starting With P and Ending With I

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With P3 Letter Words Ending With I